news.bbc.co.uk ORISSA, INDIA, July 24, 2008: High in the monsoon mists in eastern India there is place called Golgola, home of the Dongria Kondh. Only 7,950 of them are left today. They have lived in the Niyamgiri hills in a remote part of eastern India’s Orissa state for centuries and survive by gathering fruit, growing small crops of millet and…
www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/neighbours/story.html CALGARY, CANADA, July 17, 2008: The Hindu Society of Calgary held a Guru Purnima fundraising event on Friday, July 18. Guru Purnima is the full-moon day in the month of July, that recognizes the spiritual gurus, their teachings and their lives. To celebrate, a cultural program learned in the traditional guru shishya parampara (teacher-student tradition) method was planned, says…
community.myfoxatlanta.com KAUAI, HAWAII, Jule 24, 2008: HPI apologizes for the broken links on yesterday’s article about Dr. Commander Selvam. The correct links are below. Video Links:Part I http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7029210&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.1.1Part II http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7036060&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.1.1 Blog Links:Part I http://community.myfoxatlanta.com/blogs/RandyTravis/2008/07/17/The_Hindu_Temple_of_GeorgiaPart II http://community.myfoxatlanta.com/blogs/RandyTravis/2008/07/22/Hindus_Only_Allowed2
www.hinduismtoday.com Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian. Dennis Wholey
news.xinhuanet.com PREAH VIHEAR, CAMBODIA, July 24, 2008: Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen agreed Thursday not to refer both countries’ ongoing land dispute to the UN Security Council, but resume to bilateral means to solve it, said a senior official. According to the premiers’ oral agreement, both sides will initiate foreign minister negotiations on Monday…
www.newstrackindia.com SOMNATH, GUJARAT, July 12, 2008: The historic temple of Somnath in Gujarat is all set to regain its old glory as a golden temple by 2010. The famous temple’s Trust is carving and gold-plating the Sabha Mantap, the place where devotees gather, and will also embed porous Bellastones on the outer structure that will be coated with fungus resistant…
community.myfoxatlanta.com ATLANTA, GEORGIA, July 17, 2008: (HPI note: Fox News Atlanta’s “I-Team” has produced a scathing investigative report of Dr. Commander Selvam and his “Hindu Temple of Georgia.” The following is their introduction to the reports, which are available on the links below. HPI notes that this organization is not related in any way with the Hindu Temple of Atlanta.]…
www.hinduismtoday.com I see God walking in every human form. When I meet different people, I say to myself, “God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.” Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886), guru of Swami Vivekananda
timesofindia.indiatimes.com MUMBAI, INDIA, July 11, 2008: An estimated crowd of over a million people have walked together in the Waari — a holy pilgrimage in Maharashtra that is perhaps the world’s longest pilgrimage. Waari is undertaken in the Hindu month of Ashadhi Ekadashi. Every year, devotees walk along the 280 mile route from Alandi (near Pune) to Pandarpur (near Kolhapur)…
www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/news/localnews/3214642.Temple_man_quits_over_beating_scandal/ LONDON, ENGLAND, July 19, 2008: The president of a Hare Krishna temple in Letchmore Heath has been forced to resign after being found guilty of beating students in India. Gauri Das, president of Bhaktivedanta Manor, in Hilfield Lane, inflicted “inappropriate and excessive corporal punishment”, according to a report published this week. The abuse occurred during his time teaching at…